Energy Investments: An Adaptive Approach to Profiting from Uncertainties
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (834 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1137591382 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 455 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Barcelona, PhD in Management, King’s College London, United Kingdom, lectures at leading business schools. He served in senior leadership roles at Royal Dutch Shell, Netherlands and London. As investment banker, he was top rated equity analyst and adviser whilst at SBC Warburg and ABN Amro/Rothschild. . Ricardo G
Exploring the role of renewables and how they potentially disrupt or create opportunities, it challenges widely accepted wisdoms in investment. The author asks questions such as: Are “business as usual” strategies that favour fossil fuels the best route to future prosperity? What prospects do firms face when their competitors diversify into renewables? Why do generous subsidies to renewables often fail to achieve wide-scale deployment? Illustrating how real options and option games reasoning yield vastly different insights from those gained from NPVs, Energy Investments offers case studies and simulations to demonstrate how firms can benefit from the methods it showcases. . This book examines what lies behind the uncertainties surrounding the fuel and power markets
The authors not only provide practical methods but also show its applications in real life.” (Gert-Jan Monster, Senior Investment Officer, FMO – The development bank of the Netherlands)“Dr Ricardo Barcelona’s book is a true practitioners guide for energy finance and a must read for anyone interested in the energy sector.” (Carlos Reyes, Principal, IFC Asset Management Company LLC, Director, United States)“Repeated leadership failures are masked when business logic is lost